Reel or winding-machine.



APPLICATION FILED 0'01. 1611905.

Patented Mar 15, 1.910.

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m A. SKOP SRUD. REEL OR-WINDING MACHINE. APPLIO ATION FILED OOT. 16, 1908;

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5mm m i A; SKO PSRUDL' .REE-LOE WINDING MACHINE. ABPLIGATION FILED 0GT.16,'1908.

- Patented Mar; 15, 1910.

' SHEETS-SHEET 4 NNRw I Patented Mar. 15, 1910 A SKOPSRUB REEL. 0R WINDING MACHINE. "APPLIOATION FILED OCT. 16,.1908.

Utl trap sra ras ANTON sKorsaUn, or CHICAGO, ILL INQISs REEL Olit WINDING-MACHINE.

. To all 'umom'it may concern:

.lle it known that. I ANTON Sitorsaijn, a

citizen of the United States r siding; at Chi-- cagmin the county of Cook and State of lllinoishave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reels or finding- Machines, of which-the following is a specificatlion.

This invention relates more particularly to machines or. apparatus for winding up paper cloth or other flexiblematerials into rolls of any desired size, and is particularly adapted to wind a plurality of rolls from a 1 continuous source of supply cntting'ott the fabric or material as each roll is completed,

.in order to start the next succeeding roll.

lts objects are to provide amachine of this character, which will perforinthe various .desired operations eft'ectively andrapidly;

which will form a roll, cut oil the material or weaken the. same, and start the next su'cceeding roll, such operations preferably beme per-termed automatically; which; m ay' readily be adjusted to vary the size of the rolls to be formed lltl which will have such othe' ad antagcs and 'desi able features aswill he clearly pointed out and described.

hereinafter.

I have illustrated my improved apparatus in the accompanying drawings, in wliich- Figure 1 is' a side view of a machine embodying this invention; Fig. 2 is an end view as seen from the right-hand end of Fig. 1; is a sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig 1; Fig, 4: is a plan ,vicw; Fig-.5 is'a diagramniat ical view (rating the operation of the winding dles and cutting-otl devices; Pic. 6 is and Fig. 11 is a detail of the spring connection between the crank arms and spindleslotted spindles l2.

rm-iprocating levers.

The construction of my improved machine will be inostreadily understood it the various operations indicated in. Fig. are borne in mind. The paper, cloth, or other fabric 10 is preferably brought over a guide roller 11 and the end drawn through the After the spindles have been revolved a sufiicient number oi times I a similar manner in Specification of Letters latent. Pailg ntgfi lflaag 1911), Application flied October 16, 1903. Serial No. 458,109. i

to form the roll 13, they. are drawniout, allowing the roll to drop onto a supporting chute 14. As soon as therollldrops the knives or, perforating devices loan'd 16 move in and engage withthe vcrtical'portion of the fabric, preparatory. .tov rendering I the same. While the knives are this position, the spindles 12 .move inwardly and again engage with the fabric. Assoon as they reach their innermost, position, theystart to turn and break oil the end of the fabric, which is held by thepe rating devices, and simultaneously start to wind the next roll. The knives or perforatingdevicesi15. and 16 are then withdrawn; ready ton-*thefn'ext operation. The 4 machine jqroper for performing these various operations in a pract cal manner, comprises a' frame 17 havinga bottom support 18 for a motor 19. The shaft 20 of-the motor 19 is provided with agear 21 engagmgwnth a e'ea'r'22"loosely-mounted on a shaft 23 havingsuitable hearings in the fra-inoll. The

-;' ;ea'r 22 engages with a pinionll which is adapted todrive one ofthe clutches. for operatin' the spindles 12. The pinion 24 also engages with a gent 25 mountcd'on a shaft 26 hafiiifiibearings in the frame 17, or bracketstheretrorn and pi hy ded at its opposite end with a similar-gear 27 which meshes with" a. pinion 28 "on the-clutch for operating the other spindle'l 2.

As shown in detailin Fig. 9f, the gear 28 is connectedlo, or formed integral therewith, a revo l'ulile sleeve 29. which is preferably mounted with hall bearingsin the head piece 30 of the frame 17. This sleeve or rotatable member 29 is provided with a conica-l recess 31'adapted to receive the conical clutch member 32. The cone or clutch member 32.is on the end of a trunnionor hollow shaft 33 which engages with a slidable bearing member 8 1. The clutch member 32.

carries one of-the split or forked spindles 12, the opposite spindle be ng supported in the opposite. end of the machine. Theseforked spindles which engage with the material to be wound, are preferably made with the outer faces of the forked members substantially flat and with the inner faces rounded, as indicated in Fig; 5 so that the material will readily start towind. thereon and also so that the spindles may be readily withdrawn after the roll has been formed. Itwill also he noted that itis necessary to bring these spindles 'moved in and out to. reciprocate the spinwhich extend out beyond '='bearings 34 so that either so that the opening between the forks will always be in a vertical position, ready for {engagement with the vertical portion of the anaterial' to -he wound when the spindles 'move inward to engage with the material.

the clutch memkeys or pins 35 the sides of the end of the pins the slots 36 in the head In order to accomplish this, hers 32 are provided with may engage with piece 30 when the spindles are reciprocated I men-t; the pivot pins 47 I .the arms 46.

means of gears 49 secured therewith on thev a hub of the gear 22. 'necting the hub with the shaft, may be'of 1 projecting end so that 25 f -"fto withdraw them from the roll and to move them inwardly for engagement with the :material.

In order vto insure the engage- "ment of one or the other end of the pin 35, with the slot 36, I provide a collar 37 having inwardly projecting cam faces 38 adapted to engage with the ends of the In order to prevent the end of the pin from striking the pressed pin 39 at the point where these surfaces meet, this pin dles, hy'means'of crank arms46 pivoted at 47 to saidarms and; at 48', to crank wheels 49'. In order togive a yielding movement to the anns43, when they move inwardly to throw the clutch'member 32-into en a eengage with slit lallle 'half-bearin s 50. in the crank arms 46, these hearings-be ng held in normal position by means of s rings 51 which may be regulated with "the a justing screws 52 in the ends of The wheels 49 are driven by same shafts, and these gears gears 53 on theshaft 23.

In'order to give an intermittent movement to the-shaft 23, I have provided a clutch mechanism for connecting the same with the The clutch 54, for conare driven by any ordinary or preferred form of construct1on, and, as shown-1n the drawings, is

- thrown into andout of engagement by means mounted on an adjacent shaft 59.

of a shifter. 55, as indicated in Fig. 6. This shifter is provided with a roller 56 adapted tobe engaged by a cam 57 on a wheel 58 I The shifter is also provided with a; spring 60 for throwing the clutch out ofengagement; 66 b lit-in order to insure prompt operation, the

pin 35.

edge where these surfaces unite, and resting thereagainst I provide a spring-' by means of links 42, with the upper These armsare piv-.

face of the w eel 58. The wheel 58 is loosely of and adapted to engage with the teethof a ratchet wheel. 64 also mounted on the shaft 59.- This ratchet Wheel 64 is secured to, or

is driven by means of a roller or pin 66 on the face of the'gear 22, the arrangement being such that the toothed wheel 65 is turned one tooth for each revolution of the gear 22. However, it will be noted that two or more pins or rollers 66 may bearrangedon the gear 22 ,"ifdesired to give the toothed wheel a different movement. The cam wheel 58 will, of course, turn in unison with the toothed wheel 65 as long as the dog or pawl 63 is in engagement with the ratchet, wheel depends'upon the relative number of turns of the gear 22,- before the shaft 23 is clutched therewith and turned to operate the withdrawal of the spindles and the cutting-off devicesy it'n'iay be desired to vary the relashaftbOQ For this pu-rposezthe pawl or dog 63 is provided with a projecting pin 67 which is adapted to a shoe 68' on the lower end of a spring-pressed slide 69 mounted in a bearing- 70 secured to the upper part of the frame'l7. lVhen the shoe or cam 63 is in its lowermost position, the pin 67 will engage therewith when the wheel 58' is turned, As soon as the pin is and the Wheel 58 not bet'urned. In ord pin 67 so thatthe wheel 58 will again turn,

wheel 65,"which cam will engage with the shoe 68 and raise it so that the pawl will he length of time during which the awl is held out of; engagement may be readi y varied by varyin the? length -of the cam 71.- The toothe wheel 65 is held in normal position,

a cam 62 on the'oppos te mounted on thejshaft 59, and is drivenby means of a dog 63 mounted in the hub there-- made integral with a toothed wheel 65 which 64; but as the size of the roll to be formed be engaged, at times, by'

I. provide a cain'il on the faceof thetoothedtive movement between the gear 22 and thepressed inwardly, the dog will be released,

and shaft 59 will, of course,

or to again free the free to engage with the ratchet wheel. The i or prevented from too great movement, when i the roller 66 engages therewithg by means of afflictions ring 72 which rests in a recess n the hu racket 7-3.

1 58 .sothat it may be moved forwardly with the shaft 59, independent of the toothed wheel 65, is to provide meansso that the A further object in having the cam-wheel on the-wheel 65 and has a projection engagingwith "the supporting vclutch may be operated manually in order;

' to start a new roll,

some defect has-been noted in. the paper. or fabric being woundiflIn order to turn the shaft 55) to operate tlie shaft is provided with a hand wheel 74 whereby. it may be turned forwardly at any' 'as for 'instance,. when cam and clutch, this ceases desired time in order to throw the shaft 23 into engagement with the gear 22.

, The cutting-oft or perforating devices 15 and 16 are preferably arranged to engage with the paper or fabric to. be wound, at a I point just below the winding spindles 12.

These devices may comprise ordinary knives or shears, but for paper or the like, I prefer to make the blade 15 with a serratec edge which eoacts with a Vshaped groove formed along the edge of the blade 16: This latter blade may be made of one piece or, as shown, may be formed of two thin strips of metal riveted together. Preferably,tliese blades do not entirely sever the material, but rupture or weaken it so that as soon as the spindles 12 startjto turn, they will complete the rupture :and pull the depending edge ofthc material out of engagement with the blades, whenthe blades will then move back to normal position, out .of the way of the roll. These bladesi'are secured to slides 7 5 mounted on the top of the frame 17, as indicated par ticularl'y' in Eight. These slides are operated by means of bell-crank levers 76 p'ivoted at 77 on the frame 17.. Theopposite ends of the levers 76 engage, by means of ball and socket joints or universal joints 78, with the forked upper ends of bell-crank levers 7 9 which are pivoted at 80 to brackets on the frame 17. 'The lowerv outwardly projecting-arms of the levers 7 9 are provided with adjustable rollers 81 which engage fv'vith came 82 on the ends of the shaft 23. Springs 83,v secured to the upper arms-0t the 'leversv79, tend .to move the upper ends of said "bell-crank levers away from the center of the machine, so that the-bell-crank levers 76 will be swung-in to causethe cutting-off devices to approach each other and engage with the material which is being These cutting-oil? devices, however,-

wound. are normally held out of operative position by means of the cams 82 which engage with the rollers 01 contact members atthe ends of the arms.79 and thereby hold said ends up against the action of the springs 83, theseeams being preferably formed so that when the cuttin -ofi' devices are to' act, the roller' or contact vice 81 may drop suddenly to allow the quick action of the springs 83.

It will, of course, be noted that otherineans than the motor may be' provided for" driving-my improved machine, and various details thereof may be changed to suit varying conditions, as will be readily understood Y by ,one skilled in the art, However, the

6 scribed may be readily understood. O"

operation of the machine asshown and deg motor, being started, gives a constant movement to the gear 22 which in turn imparts a. constant movement to the spindle-turning gears 28. As Soon as a roll has been formed on the spindles 12,theclutch o tis automatically operated and causes the shaft 23 to The gig

slots therein'in vertical position, approach each other they engage with the materialas spindles start to revolve as soon as the clutch cone 32 engages-with the-opening 31, and, as they start to turn, the material will be ruptured to complete the severing, and the cutting-off devices again move back tonornial position. This operation may then be lasts.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Pateat is:

forth, comprising a shaft. having a central slot therein continuing to one end thereof, said slot inereasing'in width from its inner end to the open end, the outer faces of the spindle forming the forked end being subthe sides otthe slot. being rounded,substantially asdescribed.

2. In a reel or winding machine, the comspindles having slots in the adjacent ends thereof for receiving the'fmateri'al' to be wound, means for turning said spindles, and means for reciprocating said spindles,

3. In a machine of the character set forth, the combination of a pair ofoppositely'disposed spindles, said spindles being bifurwithdrawing saidspindles from the finished roll, and means for turning said spindles, so that the openings-therein will lie in a predetermined plane, and for moving said spindles inwardly to engage with the material to bewound. 1

I 4. In a reeling machine, the combination of a pair of oppositely disposed bifurcated spindles, means for turning said spindles. means for reciprocating said-"spindles, and means for partially. severing the material being wound, at a point bet-ween thespindles partially severed end until the spindles have again engaged with the material;

5. In a reclii'ig machine for forming rolls from a c ntinuous source of supply, the combination of means for guiding the material,

spindles, which have been brought witlrthethe arms 43 again swing inwardly. T he.

repeated as long as the supply of material- (rated to receive the material to be wound, means for turning said Sp11l'dlS,111621I1S tor and the completed roll, and holding the,

1. A reel or'spindle of the character set stantially flat and the inner faces forming bination of a pair of oppositely disposed-- shaft from said driving slideways for said means for forming a roll and releasing the same, and severing means adapted to hold the end of the material until the rollform ing means have again engaged with the same to form the next roll.

6. In a reeling machine, the combination of a forked winding spindle, a slide carrying said spindle,a guideway for said. slide, means for reciprocating said slide, means for turning said spindle, a slot in said guideway, a pin connected with said spindle and adapted to engage with said slot, and beve'led surfaces at the end of said slot for turningsaid pin to properposition for engagenient with the slot.

7. Ina reeling-machine,-the combination of a pair of oppositely disposed forked said spinto engage spindles, rotatable supports for dies, rotatable members adapted with said supporting members to turn the same, slidable bearings. for said rotatable spindle-holding members, levers engaging with said slidable bearings for reciprocating the same, crank arms yieldingly connected with said levers, crank wheels for operating said arms, and means for turning'sai'd crank wheels. I

- 8. In a reeling machine, thecombination of oppositely disposed slotted spindles, rotatable supports forsaid spindles, rotatable members adapted to engage with said supsame, crank'arms engaging with said lastnamed arms, gear wheels with which said crank arms are connected, and gears on saidv 1 driving wheel shaft engaging with said laston which said clutch for driving said shaft from. said gear, a second shaft, a cam wheel on said shaft. 55. f

named gears.

9. In a machine of the character set forth;

the combination of a driving gear, a shaft gear is loosely mounted, a

oroperating said clutch, a toothed wheel on said second-named shaft, a ratchet and pawl for driving said. cam wheel from said toothed wheel, and a pin or roller on said gear Wheel for turning said toothed wheel.

10. The combination with a driving gear, ofa shaft on which said gear is loosely mounted, a clutch for causing said shaft to be turned by said gear, a second shaft, a cam wheel on said second shaft for operating said clutch, a toothed wheel on said second shaft, a roller on said gear for operating said toothed wheel, a ratchet wheel on said toothed wheel, a pawl in said cam wheel adapted to engage with said ratchet wheel; a spring for holding said pawl in normal engagement, a pin on said pawl, a-springpressed shoe mounted independently of said devices and adapted to engage with said pin to throw said pawl out of engagement, and a cam on said toothed wheel for raising said shoe to allow the pawl to again engage with said-ratchet wheel.

11. In a reeling machine, the combination with a reeling device, of laterally movable severing devices, slides carrying said severing devices,- horizontally arranged belleranks for operating said slides,vertically arranged bell-cranks having their upper arms engaging with said first-named bellcranks for swinging the same, contact devices on the lower ends of said last-named bell-cranks, cams engaging with said contact devices for holding said severing devices in normal position, and sprin s engaging with said vertically arranged bell-cranks for moving the severing devices together to engage ,with the material to be severed.

12. In a machine of the character set forth, the combination of a frame, a motor mounted in'said frame, a pinion. on the motor shaft, a driving gear engaging with said-pinion, a shaft on which said driving gear is loosely mounted, winding spindles, means for turning said spindles from said driving gear, a clutch for causing said driving gear to turn the shaft on which it is mounted,- means for intermittently throwing said clutch into, and out of engagement with said shaft, spindle reciprocating means driven from said shaft, cutting-off devices,

and means operated by said shaft for actuating said cutting-off devices, substantially as deser1bed.-

, ANTON SKOFSRUD. Witnesses: CARL H. CRAWFORD, A.- W. FENSTEMAKER. 

